Verbena Colter knows she\'s bad news.
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Another gem from the author of So B.
And what starts out as a game leads Verbie into a surprising and heartwarming journey of self-discovery.
When Pooch and his mom rent the house next door, Verbie takes the opportunity to be someone else entirely.
Enter Pooch, a flatlander boy visiting for the summer.
Verbie wishes she could be somebody, anybody other than who she is.
And her father was just plain mean.
How could she not be, with parents like hers? Her mother practically pickled her before she was even born, leaving Verbie to struggle with the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome.
Trouble from the get-go.
Verbena Colter knows she\'s bad news.
Enter Pooch, a flatlander boy visiting for the summer.
Verbie wishes she could be somebody, anybody other than who she is.
And her father was just plain mean.
How could she not be, with parents like hers? Her mother practically pickled her before she was even born.
Verbena Colter knows she\'s bad news